Is this in the FAQ? Never thought I would read such a question.
On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Nick Holland
<[email protected]> wrote:
> On 04/06/11 18:46, Steven R. Gerber wrote:
>> I ran the upgrade from CD.
>
> from i386 to amd64? No. Don't do this.
>
> Boot off the CD again, and this time pick "install".
> You can save your /home directory and config files.
>
> amd64 and i386, for OpenBSD, are totally different platforms. You can't
> "upgrade" from one platform to another safely, you have to reinstall.
>
>> I want to be sure that packages are OK.
>> Is "pkg_add -u" sufficient? (It looks like nothing changed.)
>> Should I try "pkg_add -u -D update" or something else?
>
> nuke from orbit, only way to be sure.
>
> Sure, you might be able to get away with this, but one left over library
> or binary will really ruin your day at some point.
>
> Nick.
